Noise and Vibration Control and Prediction

The paper deals with the investigation of some phenomena which are essential for dynamic interaction of a wheelset or bogie with the railways track. The track is modeled as discrete-continuous system composed of rails, fastening systems and sleepers interacting with ballast by means of viscous-elastic elements. Transient and stationary problems are investigated. The stationary periodic problems are connected with wave propagation in stopping bound,  passing bound and mistuning. In the paper a review of selected problems and exemplary results of simulation and experimental investigations is given supplemented by a few results of analysis and simulation.

Planting bushes and trees in and around sound generating sources is an effective solution for noise pollution.
Urban Planning, Public Education and Awareness.
Regular servicing and tuning of automobiles/ machinery can effectively reduce the noise pollution.
Alteration of roadway surface texture.
Buildings can be designed with suitable noise absorbing material for the walls, windows, and ceilings.
Soundproof doors and windows can be installed to block unwanted noise from outside.
Factories and industries should be located far from the residential areas.
Workers should be provided with equipments such as ear plugs and earmuffs for hearing protection.
Control in the Transmission Path, Control at Source, Control over Vibrations.
Exposure Reduction
Enclosure of machines can reduce noise levels at its source very effectively.
Leakage where pipes pass through walls as well as acoustic leaks between walls, screens or enclosures, can produce large variations in the attenuation achieved. It is therefore important to seal air gaps carefully
Putting major noise sources at one place & separating it from quieter area.
Using acoustic barriers, sound absorbing linings & sound insulating partitions.
Complete or partial enclosure of noisy equipment.
Providing silencers on the intake as well as exhaust side of flow machines like blowers, fans etc.
Insertion of damping material between machine bases and foundations and use of anti vibration mountings.
Regulations should be imposed to restrict the usage of play loudspeakers in crowded areas and public places.
International Co-operation
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The purpose of this paper Project is to create a workplace toxicant intervention for Metropolitan Hospital of Denver, a large top-rated surgical facility located in Denver, Colorado. The project lays out the steps necessary to make contact with and gain entry into the organization, assess their needs, create a series of educational and intervention workshops to meet those needs, and display mastery of interventions that will benefit the hospital’s employees in reducing exposure to hazardous noise and responding to the associated health condition. The sample letter/ e-mail introduction, the needs assessment (the ‘Noise and Risk of Hearing Loss Assessment’), the educational and intervention PowerPoint presentations (‘Your Hearing and the Effects of Hazardous Noise’ and ‘Preventing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss’), and the Hearing Conservation Program are included as Appendices following the references page.

Background: Extrovert and introvert subjects' attention levels are affected by exposure to noise. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of stress (noise) on selective attention of university students. Methods: Exposure to 80 dBA noise was used as a stimulus condition in this study. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) was used for determining personality trait such as extraversion-introversion, stability , and instability. Weinstein's noise sensitivity scale and the ISO15666 standard were used to assess noise sensitivity and noise annoyance, respectively. In order to assess the continuous selective attention, DUAF test was used. Participants were asked to expose to 80 dBA noise at 4000 Hz frequency for 2 h and perform DUAF test before and after noise exposure. Results: The results among introvert subjects indicated that the only statistically significant difference was reported for the mean time spent on incorrect answers (p = 0.018). For extrovert subjects, there were significant differences in the mean number of correct answers (p = 0.005), the mean number of incorrect answers (p = 0.002), the mean time spent on correct answers (p = 0.008), and the mean time spent on incorrect answers (p = 0.001). Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that stress (noise) improves selective attention in extrovert subjects.

El soroll ambiental s'ha convertit en una de les majors fonts de malestar en tots els països desenvolupats (García, 1988) (Calvo-Manzano et al., 1991)*. En una població com Banyeres de Mariola es produeix un cúmul de factors que promocionen una elevada pol·lució acústica. És per açò que trobem necessari que el poble s'enfronte a aquesta situació i que dispose de les eines suficients per a resoldre-la. Però per a poder actuar, primer que res hem de conéixer la situació sonora en la que vivim els banyerins. Aquest treball està encaminat a cobrir aquesta necessitat. L'elaboració d'un mapa sonor de la ciutat, la realització de mesures al llarg de les 24 hores del dia i en diferents indrets, l'estudi de l'opinió de la població, etc. són els primers objectius que ens hem proposat. Donant un pas més, hem intentat donar diverses alternatives per a solucionar, almenys en part, la precària situació acústica de Banyeres.
Cal dir també que aquest estudi intenta omplir un buit en el panorama d'investigació acústica del País Valencià (i de l'Estat Espanyol) pel que fa a la realització de mapes sonors concrets i estudis acústics amb detall per a poblacions de menys de 10,000 habitants. Generalment la realització de mapes sonors se centra a les ciutats amb una població superior als 20.000 habitants, ja que aquestes són les més afectades pel problema. No obstant això la contaminació sonora no és un patrimoni exclusiu de les mitjanes i grans ciutats, sinó que les nostres ciutats més petites (com per exemple Banyeres) també presenten uns nivells de pol·lució acústica relativament elevats.

The requirements set by the most important Air Traffic Management (ATM) research initiatives (SESAR and NextGen) and environmentally sustainable aviation research initiatives (Clean Sky, and Environmentally Responsible Aviation), aim at lowering operating costs and improving the environmental sustainability of aviation. In line with these requirements, the methodology of using noise modelling and simulation techniques in conjunction with Demographic Distribution Database (D3) and Digital Terrain Elevation Database (DTED), allows the development of novel approaches and algorithms for aircraft trajectory optimisation in the present and likely future airspace scenarios and, in particular, in proximity of airports and densely populated areas. Aircraft noise modelling in major Australian airports is essential in order to understand the noise impacts associated with air traffic, determining the Australian Noise Exposure Forecasts (ANEFs) and to assist in effective airport planning strategies. Based on the statuary requirements prescribed, the aircraft trajectories are optimised to minimize the effects of noise around the airports considering both population and digital terrain data. The key mathematical models for noise and trajectory optimisation are presented. The objective of the noise modelling process is to describe the noise parameters currently adopted for airport design and operations, and to predict values for all relevant future scenarios. Noise analysis and impact mitigation measures are discussed. Quantification of noise at the major Australian airports, including Sydney and Melbourne airports is presented.

As demand for computer software continually increases, software scope and complexity become higher than ever. The software industry is in real need of accurate estimates of the project under development. Software development effort estimation is one of the main processes in software project management. However, overestimation and underestimation may cause the software industry loses. This study determines which technique has better effort prediction accuracy and propose combined techniques that could provide better estimates. Eight different ensemble models to estimate effort with Ensemble Models were compared with each other base on the predictive accuracy on the Mean Absolute Residual (MAR) criterion and statistical tests. The results have indicated that the proposed ensemble models, besides delivering high efficiency in contrast to its counterparts, and produces the best responses for software project effort estimation. Therefore, the proposed ensemble models in this study will help the project managers working with development quality software.

Talk: Impulse noise and vibrations in buildings are common from weight drops in gyms. There are a growing emphasis and literature on the matter, often supported by the floor or mat-industry. We will show measurements of impacts from free weights, and Olympic bar with bumper plates and insertion loss for mats and different designs of floating floors. Reference noise levels from weight drops of typical sources are given. Realistic potential energies and impact forces are discussed. The differences between impact sources like bumper plates, grip plates, hand manuals and kettlebells, as well as the physics and nature of some of the typical lifts are discussed, leading to suggestions for possible drop energies and noise levels from weight drops in gyms.

The limits of the procedure for the measurement of the sound insulation of building façades represent the main subject of this paper. To calculate the façade insulation, standard ISO 140-5 requires that the difference between outdoor and indoor sound pressure levels is determined. However, the measurement of outdoor pressure levels presents several critical challenges, not fully considered in the standard. In fact, the placement of an external source and receiver according to ISO 140-5 is flexible to permit adapting the measurement configuration to specific building characteristics. Unfortunately, according to the relative external source and receiver positions, destructive interferences among waves may occur in different frequency bands. Comparisons between different source-receiver combinations are hence investigated theoretically, before being compared with field measurements. The paper investigates circumstances which might lead to destructive interferences in the external final sound field. The increasing attention of reproducibility in building acoustics suggests an investigation of possible measurement errors that may occur. The influence of interference effects on the single number rating of the sound insulation is finally given.

This research presents a thorough evaluation of the reverberation room at Acoustics Laboratory in National Institute of Standards (NIS) according to the related international standards. The evaluation aims at examining the room performance and exploring its effectiveness in the frequency range from 125 Hz to 10000 Hz according to the international standard requirements. The room, which was designed and built several years ago, is an irregular rectangular shape free from diffusers. Its volume is about 158.84 m 3 , which meets the requirement of the ISO 354 standard L max < 1.9V 1/3. Cutoff frequencies of one and one-third octave are 63 Hz and 100 Hz respectively ; however Schroder frequency is 400 Hz. Calculations of cutoff frequency and modal density showed adequate modes that give acceptable uniformity starting comfortably from frequency of 125 Hz. The room has a reverberation time that is suitable for its size over the frequency range of interest. The room sound absorption surface area and its sound absorption coefficient satisfy the criteria given in ISO 3741 and ISO 354. There is an accepted diffuse sound field inside the room due to the standard deviation of measured sound level, which is less than 1.5 dB over all the frequency range. The only exception was 125 Hz which may be due to a lack of diffusivity of the sound field at this frequency. The evaluation proves that the NIS reverberation room is in full agreement with the international standards, which in turns qualifies the room to host measurements inside without concerns. 1 Introduction Reverberation rooms are of great importance in the field of acoustics. Inside the reverberation room, we can test the performance of loudspeakers and microphones. In addition, we could measure the acoustic power of sound sources and sound absorption coefficient of materials. The Combinations of reverberation rooms are used to evaluate transmission properties of building materials as well as absorption characteristics of noise control products. The reverberation room is considered a special test room that is used to introduce a diffuse sound field. This field is considered to be perfectly diffused in a room of volume V, if the energy density is the same on all points of this room, and it can be built by a superposition of an infinite number of freely propagating plane waves, such that all directions of propagation are equally probable and the phase relations of the waves are random [1]. There have been several attempts in the past to study the characteristics of different reverberation rooms. Mehadi et al. [2] proposed the sizes and shapes of reverberation rooms which give the better diffuse field and consequently the accurate measurements.

Noise is consistently presents in digital images during image acquisition, coding, transmission, and processing steps. The main purpose of de-noising the image is to restore the detail of original image as much as possible. Depending on the types of disturbance, the noise can affect the image to different extent. Salt and Pepper noise arises in the image because of sharp and sudden changes of image signal. Dust particles in the image acquisition source or over heated faulty components can cause this type of noise. In the field of image processing, several type of linear and non-linear filtering techniques have been proposed for reducing the noise in images. Filters like Median, Gaussian and Wiener are used to do this comparative study of different images of same type in Gray scale. The quality of the enhanced images is measured by the statistical quantity measures: Peak Signal-to Noise Ratio (PSNR), Mean Square Error (MSE) and Structural Similarity Index (SSIM) metrics. An application specific measure for natural flower images correlation is defined and known as Deviation Measure. A Deviation Measure (DM) is obtained by the comparison of filtered and original image which shows the deviation in the images.

Experience in the gas production, petrochemical, and other industries has demonstrated that acoustic energy in high capacity, gas pressure reducing systems can cause severe piping vibrations, and in extreme cases have led to piping fatigue failures after a few hours of operation.  This paper describes the causes of high acoustic energy, how it can excite resonant vibration and ultimately result in fatigue failure, and highlights failure experience.  Correlations are presented based on sound power level, line size, and operating experience which may be used to evaluate systems for potential problems.

The Internet of Things (IoT) concept facilitates our life in many areas. One of the facilities provided in this area is undoubtedly condition monitoring. Unlike regular maintenance, IoT systems that perform continuous control operations can provide great advantages to the company with a warning that a serious failure will occur. It is a vital importance to determine defective bearings during the rotation of the power generating and power consuming machines without reaching the critical level. In this study; an experimental setup was created, and a Condition Monitoring Application (CMA) was performed in the laboratory environment which could monitor vibration, temperature, acoustic emission (AE), current and revolution measurements for ORS 6203 type defective bearing detection. In the designed test setup, a microcontroller platform used as a system brain, a direct current machine with a shaft mounted bearing, and miscellaneous sensors used such as 3-axis accelerometer that senses vibrations, a hall sensor module for revolution measure, a microphone module for AE detection, current and voltage sensor modules for power consumption measurement, contactless temperature sensor module for temperature measurement. CMA has been designed for monitoring of system via Bluetooth module. With the help of the microcontroller platform, the data collected from the sensors is transmitted wirelessly to the Android smartphone to be plotted and recorded. After the data exceeds certain thresholds, the control system is able to provide SMS and/or e-mail notification to the related maintenance team with the Android smartphone. Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA), Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM), k-Nearest Neighbor (kNN), and Decision Tree (DT) algorithms applied to the collected data and models were created. As a result of accuracy analysis over %96 success was achieved for all models.

This application report shows how to implement a single channel
active adaptive noise canceller with the low cost Texas
Instruments (TIä) TMS320C50 (‘C50) digital signal processor
(DSP) starter kit (DSK). Once the needed equipment is obtained,
building a functional active noise canceller is easy with the help of
this application report. The canceller uses a feedback control
topology and is designed to cancel periodic noise.

This paper contains the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of a cantilever beam. I have used the FEM software COMSOL Multiphysics V5.2. I have simulated the effect of eigenfrequencies on a cantilever beam. The properties are of structural mechanics. COMSOL Multiphysics provides a wonderful and flexible simulation. I have found out the displacements of ten steps. I have plotted a point graph to show the visible changes. I can see the effects of different eigenvalues. This paper also contains the necessary theories and properties. Also, the explanation of Eigenfrequencies and relationships with cantilever beam through mathematical properties. Also it explains the relationship of Euler-Bernoulli beam equations. Also I have shown different Mode shapes and explained the properties of Mode shapes.

Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) has been an important tool in the process of automotive product development. Chassis of the automobile are subjected to excitations from the road conditions and due to engine operations during their life cycle. While designing this component, it should be ensured that it with stand the random vibration loads for the life cycle of the vehicle. The chassis was modelled in solid works and analyzed in ANSYS14.0 where it was subjected to vibration. The behaviors of structural steel, Mild steel, Cast iron gray, Aluminum alloy and Magnesium alloy were investigated under the same conditions. Cast iron gray were found to be the most suitable with maximum deformation of 0.10988m, maximum stress of 9.2398GPa and with least frequency of vibration of 53.961Hz.

Images of Molecules are broadly used to foresee atom properties in educating and synthetic exploration. A prepared physicist can undoubtedly infer particle properties by dissecting its construction and assess its useful gatherings. To foresee, for instance, the water dissolvability of a natural compound a scientist would instinctively tally the number of polar gatherings, think about the size of the molecule, and gauge the water/atom communication by tallying the quantity of H straightforwardly available highlights ought to give sufficient data to anticipate the atom's design subordinate properties. To help this postulation, image learning is utilized and assessed in this work. At long last properties of new molecule produced utilizing deep learning were anticipated.

Objectives: The project are to identify, analyse and assess hazard that available at Sipro Plastic Industries Sdn Bhd. To improve and to propose a better workplace condition by implementing and proposing a possible control measure and corrective action by taking factor ergonomic risk factor and physical hazards such as indoor air quality, noise level, and light level. To improve the quality of the manufactured product (Finished Goods) to the customer of the company
Methodology: By implementing Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, and Risk Control (HIRARC), it is able to identify, assess, and control potential hazards to all work activities within this factory. The indoor quality test, the sound level test, and the light test will be conducted to check whether or not it complies with the regulations laid down by the Occupational Safety and Health Department (DOSH). The selected control method will be proposed to fabricate and to be implemented.
Results: The outcome of this project are to implement and proposed suggestions for safety improvement. Proposed improvement from results of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) test, noise level test, lighting level test, and working posture assessment (REBA) that have been conducted. Proposed Safety Standard Operating Procedure (SSOP) safety implement for working processes at Crushing Area, safety signage at several locations in the plant, proposed a balance job load between water spider worker for smooth production process flow. Designed and implement better layout for safety and quality improvement at the Assembly Production line, and fabricate new design for improved quality of finished goods product packaging box (polybox). The quality of Finished Goods products that have been produced by the company are at top quality and the number of reject parts are also reduced.
Significance: The purpose of the project is to help to improve safety in the workplace after the several tests and risk assessment that had been conducted, and the risk control that been proposed to the company.

The EU Directive 49 urges countries to prepare the strategic noise maps and the action plans for the agglomerations along major transportation routes and major industrial premises. Environmental engineers, town planners and architects are involved in preparation of action plans in which sound insulation of buildings are to be considered. This article describes a model to determine the required insulation performances for buildings’ external elements by using strategic noise maps. The model employs certain categorization for buildings in relation to indoor noise criteria and for insulation values to be assigned on building facades. A calculation procedure is integrated with the outputs of a noise mapping software to obtain the required noise reduction indexes in terms of both spectral values and the single-number ratings, i.e. “weighted- standardized level differences”. Calculated results are displayed graphically to be able to observe variation of insulation requirement throughout the surface exposed to noise source. Insulation map as a visual tool can facilitate building noise control and can be utilized in preparation of building specifications prior to construction phase and in developing the insulation codes by local administrations. Implementation of the model for two sample buildings located at different environments are explained in the article.► A methodology to determine required facade insulation based on strategic noise maps is explained. ► The approach enables transformation of facade noise levels into the insulation contours. ► The approach proposes a categorization scheme for applications. ► Insulation maps can be integrated with the strategic noise maps. ► Insulation maps facilitate acousticians’ task and architectural design of facades.

Kenyamanan sebuah lingkungan atau sebuah ruang
sangat salah satunya bergantung pada tingkat kebisingan dari
ruang atau lingkungan tersebut. Untuk mengurangi tingkat
kebisingat yang diterima sebuah lingkungan yang dekat
dengan sumber bising digunakan sebuah  penghalang bising
atau noise barrier. Pada laporan ini akan dibahas analisa noise
barrier  dengan menggunkan metode  maekawa, sehingga
didapatkan kesimpulan tentang faktor-faktor yang
mempengaruhi atenuasi pada  noise barrier metode maekawa
antara lain, jarak serta ketinggian sumber dan penerima bunyi
dengan barrier serta frekwensi sumber

Kata Kunci: Bising, Penghalang Bising, Metode Maekawa

Prior experience with attempts to isolate the vibrations of dry-type transformer cores within an electrical unit substation required isolation of the full substation casing to achieve sufficient noise reduction to the occupied space below. A recent experience with four similar unit substations located in a penthouse above future corporate office space included conditions that made complete isolation of the casing exceedingly difficult and costly. In an effort to avoid the substantial complexity and cost of the more comprehensive casing isolation, upgraded isolation of the transformer cores was attempted. The isolation of the cores was thoroughly studied in order to optimize the isolation of the cores within one unit substation as a mockup. An alternate selection of isolation pads for the transformer core of a second unit substation was also installed and compared. Pre and post measurements of the two isolation approaches were performed and demonstrated that the optimized isolation provided markedly greater performance than the alternate. The results of these measurements and a discussion of the previous casing isolation are presented.

Highlights:  (1)  Tanker with twin podded propulsion was simulated in waves using CFD to obtain wake variation.  (2)  Effect of wake change, ship motions, RPM variation and speed loss has been studied.  (3)  Significant increase in cavitation and pressure pulses was observed in waves.  (4)  It is found that having a wake data in waves could be beneficial for designing a propeller.

In this memoir, Kam Ng shares his journey from childhood to a successful CEO by virtue of tireless and endless learning. He recounts his early years suffering from stuttering and regaining his confidence to overcome the difficulty. Through his hard work and self-determination, he finished his undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering as well as business management without spending much of the money for his education. He made great contributions to the US Navy in science and technology, especially in acoustics and noise control engineering. In this memoir, he compiles a list of his publications, presentations, and patents in acoustics and noise control engineering. In his later years, he gave back what he learned to the community in teaching and initiating the efforts in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). He pioneered the STEAM, STEM combining with arts, effort in Southern Louisiana for the minorities and girls. Kam recollects his development of STEM and STEAM initiatives. STEM education prepares young people for the future, and it is the dynamic engine for economic growth. The impacts of STEM education are depending on early STEM educational efforts. Kam further describes his steps of developing and promoting STEAM using STEM as the framework. Future directions of STEM and STEAM are discussed. Furthermore, he briefly describes the pros and cons of STREAM (STEAM combining with reading and writing). Kam also shares his experience in college level teaching. He recounts his years in part-time teaching at the community college and graduate level teaching at a private university. Kam spent two years teaching full-time for a for-profit university. He describes the unique challenges and issues in a fast-paced career college. Kam is a lifelong learner. He learned with the students while teaching.

A majority of traction elevators for mid-rise and high-rise buildings are configured with the hoist equipment directly above the elevator shaft where the associated cab and counterweight are located. A recent noise control project in a residential tower involved an alternate elevator system design, which included an offset configuration of the hoist equipment from the elevator shaft. This offset configuration allowed for the equipment to be placed at a lower height. This design had the benefit of allowing an additional occupied floor in the building. However, this reconfiguration of the hoist equipment resulted in several unique noise and vibration control challenges. The unique features of this offset hoist equipment design and the resulting noise and vibration control approaches for this residential building are discussed in the following paper.

The most important sound-transmission phenomena in partitions include mass law, coincidence, and mass-spring resonances. Other important effects also exist that significantly affect airborne sound insulation by multi-layer partitions
(windows, walls, and floors). This article briefly describes
such effects and illustrates them with experimental results.
Mass-spring resonances (in triple window glazings) and “linear sound bridge” transmission have been given main consideration.

For past few decades the study about phononic crystals are getting more popular. Understanding and controlling the phononic properties of the phononic crystals provides opportunities to reduce environmental noise. In this thesis there is a brief introduction to phononic crystals.
My research topic of the thesis is about vibration reduction of beams connected to spring resonators with one degree of freedom, with the ultimate purpose to find bandgaps. In the bandgaps of the frequency ranges, flexural wave cannot propagate in the structures. I have done two analysis to find bandgaps. The first one is finding flexural bandgaps through Eigenfrequencies. And the second one is finding band gaps through frequency response analysis. Two methods also shows us the range of band gaps.
All the simulation works have been done in COMSOL Multiphysics. COMSOL Multiphysics is a very suitable tool for analysis of wave propagation in phononic crystals. In the thesis, I give the steps for two kind of simulations in COMSOL Multiphysics.

KEY WORDS：Phononic Crystals, FEM, Eigenfrequencies, Frequency Response Analysis, Band Gap, Euler-Bernoulli Beam, Spring Resonator.

Objectives. This study aimed to determine the effect of occupational training applied to workers working in noisy parts of a glass factory on the use of ear protectors. Methods. The study was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test design. It was carried out with 45 workers determined by purposeful sampling and working in a glass production factory who accepted to participate in the study. The data were collected with an information form and noise-related symptom chart, hearing health information questionnaire and observation. In the analysis of the study data, the number/percentage, χ2 test, Cohen κ test and analysis of variance were used. Results. It was determined that workers pre training did not use ear protectors (100%) and there were some noise-related health complaints. There was an increase in using ear protectors (57.8%) and a decrease in their health complaints post training. It was also found that the workers’ pre-training hearing health information questionnaire mean score was 11.46 ± 3.20, and post training was 13.77 ± 3.42 in the first month and 15.77 ± 2.88 in the fourth month. Conclusions. Occupational training provided to the workers increased the workers’ awareness level and their rate of wearing ear protectors, and health problems caused by work-related noise started to recover.

En este trabajo se propone una recombinación en árboles binomiales multiplicativa generalizada para la ecuación autónoma, en términos de la condición inicial y del producto entre saltos no constantes hacia arriba y hacia abajo del proceso discretizado. Se presenta de manera formal una técnica para encontrar las probabilidades de transición dinámicas considerando los dos primeros momentos del proceso solución de la ecuación diferencial, los cuales incorporan el factor de crecimiento y la volatilidad en términos de los parámetros y del proceso subyacente a lo largo de su ramificación. Se muestran algunos resultados numéricos experimentales de valoración de opciones Europeas para el proceso log–normal y para los procesos de reversión a la media con ruido aditivo y ruido proporcional para diferentes fechas de expiración.

In the recent years, distributed energy production has been one of the main research topics about renewable energies. The decentralization of electric production from wind resources raises the issues of reducing the size of generators, from the MW scale of industrial wind farm turbines to the kW scale, and possibly employing them in urban areas, where the wind flow is complex and extremely turbulent because of the presence of buildings and obstacles. On these grounds, the use of small-scale vertical axis small wind turbines (VASWT) is a valid choice for on-site generation (OSG), considering their low sensitivity with respect to turbulent flow and that there is no need to align the turbine with wind direction, as occurs with horizontal axis small wind turbines (HASWT). In addition, VASWTs have a minor acoustic impact with respect to HASWTs. The aim of this paper is to study the interactions that take place between a 1.2 kW, vertical axis, Darrieus VASWT turbine and a small, experimental building, in order to analyze the noise and the vibrations transmitted to the structure. One method to damp the vibrations is then assessed through spectral analysis of data acquired through accelerometers located both in the mast of the wind turbine and at the building walls. The results confirm the usefulness of dampers to increase the building comfort regarding vibrations.